Dispensing apparatus.



0. JAEGER.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED ocns. I915.

1 ,1 99,274. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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, 0.1AEGER. DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, I915.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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W o H 0 w w n/ o Wm O. JAEGER.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. a. 1915.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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OTTO JAEGER, OF ELKINS PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed October 9, 1915. Serial No. 54,965.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Or'ro JAEGER, a c1t1-.zen of the United States, residing at Elkins Park, Montgomery county,Pennsylvan a, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in,Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX-act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple and eflicientdispensing apparatus having a container for the 3131110168 ,to bedispensed, movably mounted on a suitable support and provided with meansto discharge one or more. articles from the container when it is movedon its support, the apparatus being especially adapted for us indispensing biscuits.

With this object in view my invented apparatus consists of the elementsand the combinations of them hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention: Figure 1 is afront elevation of a dispensing apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through thesupporting frame'and the article container, on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a horizontal section through the article container and adjuncts, online H of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the lower portionof the article container showing the plate inserted therein to supportthe articles during the filling or chargingoperation. Fig. 6 is avertical section, on line 6-6 of Fig. 2, showing the connection betweenthe container and the arm which operates the pivoted discharging member.Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the apparatus, on line 77 of Fig.1, showing the container in the normal position, and Fig. 8 is a viewsimilar to Fig, 7, showingthe container moved back from its normalposition and articles being dispensed from the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a box like frame or supportcomprising side walls 5 and front and back walls 8 and 9, respectively.This frame 2 may be supported in any convenient position by any suitablemeans, the means herein shown an arm or bracket 10 secured and extendingupwardly from a table or counter 11 and having its upper endsecured tothe back wall 9 of the frame 2 and supporting the frame 2 a suitabledistance above the table 11 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

Rising fixedly from the forward portions of the sidewalls 5 of the frame2 are two standards 12 between which the container 13 for the articles14 to be dispensed is located. The container 13 comprises a longcylindrical body portion 15 and a lower cylindrical portion 16 having anannular flange 17 at its upper end within which the bottom of thebodyportion 15 is seated, the lower cylindrical portion 16 forming, inef feet, a continuation of the body portion 15 and having an openbottom, as shown. The back of the lower portion 16 is. secured to thelower portions of two bars 18 which are connected by a plate 19 back ofthe lower portion 16 of the container 13 and which extend parallel tothe container, as shown. The upper end portions of the bars 18 areconnected by and secured to a plate 20 which has a supporting part 21secured thereto and embracingthebody portion 15 of the container 13 andextending more than half way around the container to retain it withinthe part 21. The body portion 15 of the container 13 is. slidably'fitted within: the supporting part 21 to permit the bodyportion 15 to bewithdrawn from the lower portion 16 of'the container 13 and up throughthe part 21 when it is desired to remove the body of thecontainer fromthe appa-' ratus. The sides of the supporting part 21 are pivoted, at22, to blocks 23' which are mounted to slide vertically in suitableguideways in .the standards 12 and which are supported by screws 24which extend through openings in the tops of thestand-.

ards 12 and are screwed into the blocks 23. By turningthe screws 24:,the entire container 13 may be adjusted vertically with respectv to theframe 2 for a purpose hereinafter explained. Y

The container 13 is movable on its pivots 22 from the position shown. inFigs. 2 and 7 to the position shown in Fig. 8 and back again, anditrestsnormally in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 7, returningthereto by, gravity after being moved'to the position shown in Fig. 8and released. ,When the container 13 is in the normal position shown inFig. 7, the lower open end of the container 13 is directly over and inregistry with an annular receptacle 25 supported in the frame 2 andadapted to receive one or.

A in the present instance to receive three articles or biscuits 14, asshown. The recep-.

tacle 25 has an open bottom and extending across its open bottom is aplatemember 26 which is pivoted, at 27, to lugs extending downwardlyfrom the receptacle 25, and which is movable on its pivots 27 from theposition shown in Fig. 7 to the position shown in Fig. 8, and backagain, the memher-26 falling by gravity to the position shown in Fig. 8,when it is permitted to do so. The member 26 is supported normally inthe position shown in Fig. 7 by an arm 28 which is carried by andextends forwardly from a bracket 29 fixed to the lower ends of two arms30 which extend downwardly from the back of the container 13 and aresecured to the plate 19 which'conneots the bars 18, so that the arm 28.and container 13 will move as auniton the pivots 22. WVhen the arm 28and container 13 are moved from the position shown in Fig. 7 to theposition shown in Fig. 8, the arm moves from beneath the member 26 andpermits it to fall on its pivots to the position shown inFig. 8; andwhen the arm 28 and container 13 return by gravityto the position shownin Fig. 7, the arm 28,engages the member 26 and raises it to its normalposition shown in V Fig. 7. Secured to the arm 28, and extendingdownwardly therefrom, is an arm 31-by' means of which the arm' 28 and,container 13 may be moved back from the normal position shown in Fig. 7to the position shown in Fig. 8, as will be'hereinafter explainechArranged between the arms 30 and extending between and secured to theback of the receptacle 25, and the back wall'9 .of the frame 2is a fioorplate 32 which forms, in effect, a continuation of the upper face of thereceptacle 25 and is inclined upwardly and rearwardly therefrom. Thisplate 32 is adapted to support the articles 14 within the container 13when the container is moved back over the plate 32 to the. positionshown in Fig. 8.

The top of the container 13 is closed by a suitable removable cap orcover 33- -having a flange 34 which is "fitted around'the top of thecontainer 13. The cover 33 is held in place: by pins 35 which extend outthrough openings in the container'13and alinedopenings in the coverflange34, and which are secured to the ends of a thin fiat spring 36which rests against the inner wall; of the container 13 and extends part.way

around the same. Byfpressingthe pins 35 inwardly against the action ofthe spring 36 to clear the pins 35 of the openings in the flange 34, thecover 33 may be removed from the container. V

"The front wall of the, body 15 of the container 13 has a vertical slot37 therein which is open at its top and which is adapted to receive thefingers and thumb of the hand of a person inserting the biscuits orother articles 14 into the container 13 and lowering them to the bottomthereof,when the cover 33 isremoved. This slot 37 is normally closed bythe glass panel 38 of a frame 39 which is held in the position shown onthe front of the container 13 by a notched lug .75 a screw 41 on thecontainer 13, back of the 40 on the bottom of the frame 39 embracinghead of the screw, and by a lip or lug 42 on the cover 33 engaging thetop"- and the forward face of the frame 39. When thecover 33 is removedfrom the container 13, the lug 42 frees the glass paneled frame 39'andpermits the removal thereof from the container; and when the cover 33 isin placeupon the container 13 the-lug. 42 holds the frame 39 in place. 7

To support'thebiscuits or other articles. 14 horizontally within thebody portion115' of the container 13 While the container is beingcharged and before the articles 14 are.

permitted to drop into the lower portion 16 thereof, I providema plate45 which is adapted to be inserted into the lower-po1- 7 tion of thebody 15 of the container .13 V ,7

through a slot 46 therein and to extend hori- Zontally across theinterior of the container, as shown in Fig. 5; and this plate 45 ispar-M ticularly useful when the body portion 15 of the container 13 ischarged with'the articles 14 while thebody portion 15 is re-' moved fromthe apparatus. After the'body 15 hasbeen charged and replaced within theapparatus, or after the body- 15 hasbeen;

charged while in the apparatus, the plate .45

is withdrawn from thefcontainer permitting the articles 14 stacked inthe body 15 there-' of to descend into the lower portion 16 thereof'andinto the receptacle 25 until the stackof articles rests upon the pivotedmember 26, as shown in Fig. 7 V

The. forward portion of, the lower por tion 16 of thecontainer .13 isprovided with a brush 47, the upper portion of which is suitably securedto the container 13, and the lower portion of which is adapted to sweepacross the top of the receptacle 25 and the. 1

with the articles 14,;as previously explained,

is as follows: lVhen the-container rests in its forward normal position,as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 7,'the container 13 is in registry with thereceptacle 25, and thestack'ofarticles 14 rests upon the pivoted member26 which is supported in'the position shownin V Fig. 7 by the arm'28.'When it is desired to dispense the article or articleswithin'thereceptacle 25, from the apparatus, the container 13 is moved from thenormal position shown in Fig. .7, back to the position shown in Fig. 8;and during such movement the articles 14 within the container 13 aremoved back over the supporting plate 32 while the three lowermostbiscuits or articles 14 of the stack remain in the receptacle 25, beingprevented from.moving with the con tainer 13 by the rear'wall of thereceptacle. During this back or rearward movement of the container 13the articles 14 therein are moved back over and are supported by thefixed floor plate32; and, during this rearward movement of the container13,'the arm 28 moves backirom beneath the pivoted member 26, permittingit'to drop to the position shown in Fig. 8 and discharge the threearticles 14 from the bottom of the receptacle 25 by gravity, the pivots27 of the member 26 beinga suflicient distance back of the center of thereceptacle 25 and'the center of the articles within the receptacle toinsure the gravity discharge of the articles 14 from the receptacle.After the container 13 has been moved back to discharge the articles 14from the receptacle and then released, the container 13 returns to itsnormal position in registry with the receptacle 25 by gravity, and thestack of articles 14 within the container descends to and'rests upon themember 26 whereupon the operation just described may be repeated.

Any suitable handle or operating arm maybe connected to the container 13or arm 31 and'located in any convenient position to operate theapparatus. The arm 31 for'this purpose, herein shown, is located to bemoved beneath the receptacle 25, so that when the hand of a person or aplate in the hand of a person is engaged with the arm 31 and movedbeneath the receptacle 25, the container 13 and arm 31 will be movedback to discharge the articles from the receptacle 25, and thedischarged articles will fall into the hand of the person operating theapparatus or into the plate, as the case may be, as shown in Fig. 8.

' 'By turning the screws-24 the entire container 13 may be adjustedvertically to bring the bottom of the container 13 and the bot tom ofits brush 47 into the proper relation to the top of the receptacle 25and floor plate 32 to insure the deposit of the desired number ofarticles 14 into the receptacle 25 each timethe apparatus is operated.

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1. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle to receivethe articles to be dispensed, a container having anopen bottom and beingmovable to and from a position over and in registry with the receptacle,means to support the articles in the container'when it isaway from itsposition over the receptacle, said receptacle having a fixedwallpreventing an article within the receptacle from moving with thecontainer when it is moved from its position over the receptacle, meansto support an article within the receptacle and to permit it tofalltherefrom when the container is moved'from its position over thereceptacle, and an arm extending downwardly from the-receptacle belowsaid wall, whereby a receiver passed under'said receptacle mayengagesaid armand move the container from its position over thereceptacle and thereby discharge an article from the receptacle into thereceiver.

2. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle to receivethe articles to be dispensed, a container for said articles, thecontainer having an open bottom and being movable to and froma positionover and in registry with the receptacle,'said receptacle supporting 'astack of articles within the container with the lowermost articleresting on a part ofthe receptacle when the container is in registrywith the receptacle, and said receptacle having a fixed wallp'revent'in'gan article in thereceptacle' from moving with the containerwhen it is moved from its position over the receptacle, means to supportthe articles in the container when it is away from its position over thereceptacle, and means to automatically discharge an article from. thereceptacle when said container is moved from its position over thereceptacle 3. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacleto receive the'articles to be dispensed, said receptacle having an openbottom, acontainer for said articles, the container" having anopenbottom and being movable to and from a position over and in registrywith the receptacle, means to support thearticles in the container whenit is away from its'position over the receptacle, and movable meansoperatively connected to the container and preventing an article fromfalling from the receptacle when the container is. over'the receptacleand permitting an article to fall from the receptacle when the containeris moved away from its position over the receptacle.

'4. In 'a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a'receptacle' toreceive the articles to be dispensed, said receptacle having an openbottom, a container for said articles, the container having an openbottom and being movable to and'from a position over and in registrywith the receptacle, means tosupport the articles in the container whenit is away from its positionover the receptacle, a pivoted membermovable from a position supporting an article within the receptacle to aposition discharging an article from the receptacle, andmeans connectedto the container and, permitting saidmember to move to its dischargingposition when the container is moved away from its position over-thereceptacle.

5. In a 'dispensingapparatus, the combination of .a receptacle toreceive the articles to be dispensed, said receptacle having an openbottom, a container for said articles, the container havingan openbottom and being'movable to and from a position over and in registrywith the receptacle, means to support the articles in the container whenit is away from its position over the receptacle, a pivoted membermovable from a position supporting an article within the receptacle to aposition discharging an article from'the receptacle, and'an arm carriedby the container and movable to and'from a position beneath said memberand permitting said member to move to its discharging position when thecontainer is moved away from its position over the receptacle andraising said member to its supporting position when the container ismoved back to its position over the receptacle. 6. In a dispensingapparatus, the combination of a receptacle 'to receive the articles to,be dispensed, a container for said articles, the, container having-anopen bottom and being movable to and from a position over and inregistry with the receptacle, means to support the articles in thecontainer when it is away from its position overthe receptacle, andmeans operative tomove the con tainer from its position over thereceptacle and to discharge articles from the bottom of the receptacle,said means including a downwardly extending arm movable beneath thereceptacle and adapted to be moved by a device passed under thereceptacle to'receivethe articledischar-ged therefrom. c

7. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle toreceive'the articles to be dispensed, a container forsaid articles,

.said container being pivoted on the receptacle and having an openbottom and being movableon its pivot to and from a position over and in,registry with the receptacle,

said receptacle supporting astack; of ear- 'ticles within the containerwith the lowermost article resting on a part of the receptacle when thecontainer is in registry-with the receptacle, and said receptacle havinga fixed wall preventing an article in the receptacle from moving withthe container when it is moved from its position over the I'GCQP',tacle, and resting normally in said position,

' and means to-support the articles in the con.-

tainer when it is away; fromits .over the receptacle;

8. In a dispensing apparatus, the combi-. nation of a receptacletoreceive the articles to be dispensed, a container for said articles,

position said container being pivoted on the recep.

tacleand having an open bottom and being mova le on its pivot to andfrom a position over and in registry with the receptacle andrestingnormally' in said position, said re- V ceptacle supporting astack of articles ticle resting on a part of the receptacle when 7withinthe container with the lowermost arthe container is registry withthe receptacle, and said receptacle, having a fixed wall preventing anarticle in the receptacle from moving with the container when 1t 1s.

moved. from-its position over the receptacle,

means to support the articles in thereon? tainer when it is away' fromits posit on over the receptacle, and means to automatically dischargean article from therecep= tacle when said contalner 1s moved fromitsposition over the receptacle.

i 9. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle, toreceive the articles to be dispensed, said, receptacle having an openbottom, a container for said articles,

said container being pivoted on the. receptacle and having an openbottom and being movable on its pivot toand from a position over and inregistry with the receptacle and resting normally in said position,means to' ceptacle when the container. is movedaway from its positionover thereceptacle.

10. In a dispensing 'apparatus, the combination of a receptacl tqreceivethe articles tox 'be dispensed, said receptacle having an open bottom,a. containerzfor said articles,

said containerbeing pivoted on the receptacle and having an open bottomand being a movable onits'pivot to and from a position over andinregistry with the receptacle and,

resting normally in said position, means to support the articles in thecontainer when it is away from its position over the receptacle, apivoted member movable from a position supportingan. article within thereceptacle to a position discharging an article from the receptacle, andmeans connected to' the container and permitting said member to move toits'discharging position when the I container ismoved away from itsposition over the receptacle,

11. In adispensing apparatus, the combie nation ofa. receptacle toreceive the articles to be dispensed, said receptacle having a1 1,

open bottom, a container for said articles, saidcontainerbemg pivoted onthe receptacle and having an" open bottom and beingmovable on its pivotto and from a position over and in registry with the receptacle andresting-normallylin said position, meanszto 1 support the articles in-=the Gontainenwhen it :is'away from its position oiver the recepetacle, a pivoted member movable from a position supporting an articleWithin the receptacle to a position discharging an article from thereceptacle, and an arm carried by the container and movable to and froma position beneath said member and permitting said member to move to itsdischarging position when the container is moved away from its positionover the receptacle and raising said member to its supporting positionwhen the container is moved back to its position over the receptacle.

12. Ina dispensing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle to receivethe articles to be dispensed, a container for said articles, saidcontainer being pivoted on the receptacle and having an open bottom andbeing movable on its pivot to and from a position over and in registrywith the receptacle and resting normally in said position, means tosupport the articles in the container when it is away from its positionover the receptacle, and means operative to move the container from itsposition over the receptacle and to discharge articles from the bottomof the receptacle, said means including a downwardly extending armmovable beneath the receptacle and adapted to be moved by a devicepassed under the receptacle to receive the article discharged therefrom.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this sixthday of October, A. D. 1915.

OTTO JAEGER.

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